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Nationmaster.com - Everything About Everywhere Excellent resource for finding out any number of current details about just about any country in the world. The main Web page features the most frequently requested stats, such as televisions and military expenditures per capita. It also allows visitors the option of creating their own graphs in order to effectively compare different nations. The site also has links to national profiles. Additionally, the site has a search engine, and a place where visitors can read short facts on the different countries. |
| MapMachine--online dynamic atlas, street maps (National Geographic) |
| Heinemann Atlas Fourth Edition |
| WORLD ATLAS |
| Fact Monster - World & News |
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GeographyIQ - World Atlas |
| Geography |
Links to: Atlas, Maps of the World ,Continents, Countries Bodies of Water Climate and Weather, Space, The United Nations
| Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts |
| Feeding the Future |
With the world population exceeding 6 billion and growing by about 6 million a month, the need to protect agricultural land and to increase food production has become critical. Does sustainable agriculture have the answers? This website for school students from the Australian Academy of Science considers what Australia is doing to help solve this problem.
| Portals to the World |
Developed by the Library of Congress, the portals contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about countries around the world. They are arranged by country or area with the links for each sorted into a wide range of broad categories.